1900.] G. King^Matei-iah for a Flora of the Mulmjan Feniimda. 67 
opeuing by slits down tlio front, coenectivo spurred at the base or 
unappendftged. Omr^/ inferior, 2-5-cel(6d, glabrous at tlio apes; stylo 
sliort, stigma capitollate ; ovules numerous, placentas axilc, nearly 
basal. Capsule finally breaking up irregularly , Seeds very mauy» 
linear, rnpte oxcurreut. — Disteib. Species 24; in Malaya and the 
Pacific Islands. 
AsTROKiA SMiLACiFOLtA, THaua in Trans. Linn. Soc. XXVIII» 152* 
Young shoots, petioles, under surfaces of the young leaves and inflor- 
escence rufouB-lepidote. Leaves oblong, tapering to each end, the 
transverse nerves stout and distant ; length 3'5-5"5 in., breadth l*5-2'5 
in. 5 petiole "75-1 in. Panicle usually terminal, condensed, 1-2 in. in 
diam. ; branches numerous, short, the pedicels shorter than tho globulai", 
minutely 5-toothed calyx-tube. Fetah reiflexed, obovate. Fruit s«b- 
globnlar, truncafco at tbo apex, '25 in. in diam. C. B. Clarke in Hook, 
fih FI. Br, Ind, II, 560 j Cogn. in DC. Mon. Pban. VII, 1094 Mela- 
stoma miilacifoliai Wall. Cat. 4057. 
Penakg ; WalUcht Ourtis, Malacca j ifawigai/ {K.D.) 808. Pebak ; 
ScurtecMni6S3^, TFray 2813, ' • 
Vab. hpidophyllat Scorfc. MSS. Arboreous ; inflorescence, leaves on 
tbe under surface and petioles (when young) densely covered with 
deciduous scales. 
Perak ; Scorlechini 1875 ; Eing^e Collector 7270, 2027. 
This variety is described by ScortecJiini and Ennstler ag a tree 00-80 fefit Ligh, 
the typical form never being moTB than a, large busii. 
17. PTERNAKDaA, Jack. 
Largo shrubs or trees, glabrous or minutely pubescent. Leaoe$ 
Bub-coiiaceous or coi-iaceous, opposite, short-petioled or sub-sessile, entire, 
3-5-nerved. Flowers solitary and axillary on long peduncles, or in 
axillary or teminal, often very short, and clustered cymes ; the pedicels 
often 2-bracteolate. Calyx-tube campanulate or hcraispheric, tessclate, 
■verrucoses or covered with more or less ad pressed, often puberulous scaks ; 
tiie mouth truncate, often 4-tootlied. Feials 4, ovate or oblong, hliieieli 
or wbite. Stamens 8, equal in length, but the anthers of some of them 
often imperfect, perfect anthers broad, blnnt, shortly spurred behind 
but never in front, deliiscing by slits, the filaments stout, often genicu- 
late. Ovary inferior, 4-cclled : the apex glabrous, depressed or flat ; 
ityls filiform ; niujnm clavate ; ovules numerous, placentas sub-basal. 
Berry subglobose or ovoid, truncate or surmounted by the calyx-teeth, 
scaly or smooth. Seeds cuneate-ovoid, or ohovoid, angular. -Dismm, 
jSpecies about 12; in ilalaya and the Philippines. 
